Gov’t, trade unions agree uniform wage law for the public sector is needed
October 10, 2008
Government and trade unions on Friday agreed to start consultations to finalise a draft law concerning the pay to public employees that will be submitted to Parliament for approval, Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu informed on Friday. Read more
Chinese surgical thread withdrawn from hospitals
October 4, 2008
The Minister of Health Eugen Nicolaescu requested the State Sanitary Inspection to check the lots of surgical thread, after a woman from Arges County, who had caesarian surgery at a hospital from Calinesti, died soon after the surgery, three months ago. The control at local level pointed out that the thread used for the surgery was not sterile and full of bacteria. Read more
Reader’s Digest poll: Romania, still corrupt in 30 years
October 4, 2008
After 30 years of democracy in Romania, politicians are still corrupt, young people refuse to marry and prefer no-strings-attached relationships, any kind of cancer can be cured, emigrants who went to work abroad returned home, and children start reading and working on the PC at the age of three, an opinion poll performed by Reader’s Digest on the subject ‘How Romanians See Their Future” shows. Read more
Romanian deposit guarantee fund, among the most efficient in EU
October 4, 2008
The Romanian deposit guarantee fund in the banking system is among the most efficient in European Union, according to a study ordered by the European Commission, quoted by the international media. Faced with an average bank crisis, only seven countries – Bulgaria, Estonia, Spain, Lithuania, Portugal, Romania and Sweden – would have enough national funds and would not have to resort to additional contributions. Read more
4-year-old girl dies after polyp surgery
September 14, 2008
The family of a four-year-old girl who died after polyp removal surgery on Wednesday filed a complaint with the Cluj Doctors’ College, charging that the girl died because of the anaesthetic. Alexandra Oancea was operated on by a team of doctors led by the deputy director of the local CFR University Hospital, Sliviu Albu. Read more
